Clik here to view.
Day +10 (Recovery well underway)
Video message for today. . . . . Blood count progress (click to enlarge). . . .
View ArticleClik here to view.
Day +11
Video message for today followed by blood count graph. . . . . Blood count history including today's numbers. Bottom line. . . leukocytes recovering quickly, and well. And although you can't really...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Day +12 (Last Day in Hospital + Urticaria)
Video message for today. . . .George's Urticarica due to allergic reaction to one of the previously administered antibiotics [ceftazidime]. Should (hopefully) resolve soon [post transplant note: it did...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Day +13 (Hospital discharge)
Today's video message. . . . And final blood count upon check-out today (although I will have a final blood check 8:30am Thursday morning followed by a final consultation with Dr. Raab) (click to...
View ArticleDay +17 (Arrived Home Safely)
Good to be home and sleep in my own bed. Video message for today. . .
View ArticleClik here to view.
Heroes of Heidelberg
Sorry that Ive taken longer to publish this post than I had originally intended. Especially because this one is so important. Because I had come to realize so early in my involvement with the hospital...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Day +58 - Lessons learned & practical info
If you have come to this blog for the first time, I think starting at the following page first may be useful. . . . http://themscure.blogspot.com/2010/06/stem-cell-transplantation-reference.htmlUnless...
View Article3 month report
It's actually day +88, but here's a basic overview of how things are going. Something I forgot to mention in the video. . . my weight is now back close to normal (currently 65kg / 145lbs). I will...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A quick (4 month) update and Thank You
First note. . . my hair is back. And I haven't physically felt this good in eight years! Due to my conservative nature, I'm not yet going to declare that I'm cured of MS (although actually, I think I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Science Behind Stem Cell Transplantation to cure MS
There is currently only one scientifically-demonstrated & confirmed treatment for Multiple Sclerosis with enduring curative efficacy: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT). This is not a...
View ArticleThe CCSVI mythology
Thank you for visiting my blog. If after reading this page, I hope you will have an opportunity to scroll back up here to the top and follow this link to another page that I think has valuable...
View Article6 month report - I'm cured!
So I'm going to say it clearly right now. . . . .The stem cell transplant worked andI am cured of MS!For clarification . . . . my definition of a "cure" has always consistently been the same: "A...
View ArticleClik here to view.
9 month report - I'm still cured + immunizations
Yes, the stem transplant I received nine months ago still 100% qualifies as a cure for my multiple sclerosis. No equivocations here. As a foreword, I just want to post a informational news article from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
10 month Report - Meeting my neurologist to confirm the cure
Sorry that I even have to waste time mentioning this but I need to get it out right up front. . . . . I understand that someone has made the absurd accusation that I have started some kind of stem cell...
View ArticleClik here to view.
1 year report - Continuing Cure Status
Tempus Fugit! How time flies when you're cured of the progression of MS and can live your life without the distraction of neurologic worsening. Life's great! Perhaps not always perfect, but I am an...
View ArticleJack's Jump
“Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.” - Thomas EdisonThis is the saying that I thought of when thinking about my good friend Jack. He and I used to work together in Silicon...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Heidelberg Revisited
18 months following my HSCT procedureThis page is a continuation of the previous posting of my trip this past week to Heidelberg to visit Asher Cohen currently undergoing the same HSCT procedure for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Getting into HSCT treatment if you have MS
On this page I will not go into the well-established science indicating the superiority of HSCT treatment efficacy for MS as compared to other treatment modalities (i.e. drug therapy) to effect...
View ArticleClik here to view.
18 month report - Sustained Cure Status
Future regained!I know that a lot of people with MS will recognize this box of medication pictured here that I had forgotten about and found lingering in the bottom of my refrigerator as we were...
View Article
